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Schroeder Must Get Radical

M any who are now optimistic that Gerhard Schroeder will take advantage of the resignation of his former rival Oskar Lafontaine to revive the German economy compare him to Tony Blair. It is hoped that the German chancellor will pursue the same policies as the British prime minister, a "New Labour" pragmatist who has discarded many of the old left's ideas. There may well be some similarities between the two, but in order to solve Germany's...